Archive for 2010/06


Manhattan GMAT 2010 Grant Program

A while ago we wrote about the Manhattan GMAT Grant program. We are now pleased to announce that we have awarded 2010 Non-Profit Staff Grants to two incredibly worthy organizations. The first is The Equity Project (TEP) Charter School in Washington Heights (established by Manhattan GMAT founder Zeke Vanderhoek). A number of MGMAT employees had [...]

Our First Look at Integrated Reasoning

Details about the new Integrated Reasoning section continue to trickle in. Business Week turned up this YouTube video, produced by the GMAC, which provides a first look at the new questions: They’ve also posted an interview with Dave Wilson, CEO of GMAC, as well as one with a student who took the new test as [...]

99th percentile

We received an e-mail earlier this week from a happy student reporting that he’d gotten a 760. This was great news, but not particularly newsworthy, as, happily, we get good news like this very often. However, he also mentioned that his 760 score was good for a 98th percentile. This was a surprise, as 760 [...]

New GMAT Section Announced

There’s big news from the GMAC. Perhaps because they are feeling the competition as more schools begin to accept the GRE, the GMAC has announced that it will add a new section to the test called Integrated Reasoning. According to the GMAC, this new section is “designed to measure people’s ability to evaluate information from [...]

Is It Really All About Location, Location, Location?

There are lots of factors to consider when choosing an MBA program, from curriculum to size. But with more b-schools opening their doors across the globe, there’s another thing to think about: location. The Economist reports MBA programs—especially abroad—are placing more and more emphasis on their location. Cass Business School trumpets its location in London’s [...]